sensing happiness access association 2015

Sensing HappinessAccess Association November

2015

Alastair Somerville

@acuity_design

Sensory Design

Cognitive Accessibility

WhatWhyHow

What

What is the problem?

Cognitive Accessibility affects all of us in all

the places we go: physical & digital

What is it?

Definition

3 parts

Making (digital or physical)

places usable

1

PerceivableIntelligibleActionable

2

Perceivable

Open to sensory awareness

2

Intelligible

Open to human comprehension

2

Actionable

Open to personal agency

2

PerceivableIntelligibleActionable

2

Stress free

3

Discovering problems

Exhibition RoadShared Space

1

PerceivableIntelligibleActionableNO

T

Imperial War Museum

2

Casson Mann

A map of gaps

IN

OUT

PerceivableIntelligibleActionableNO

T

WIAD Bristol 2015

More complex definition

Senses

Emotions

Axes not spectrum

Conscious

Unconscious

Hyper-personal

Why

Accessibility

•Dyslexia•Aphasia•Non-verbal - Severe Speech and Language impairments

•Ageing & Dementia•Down Syndrome•Autism•Dyscalculia

W3C

Inclusion

Situational Impairment

"Indifference towards people and the reality in which they live is actually the one and only cardinal sin in design"

Dieter Rams

Personalisation

Happiness

How

4 interesting projects

Mobile Affective Sensing and Urban

City Mood

1

Dr. Eiman Kanjo

Emotion in place

Wearables

Big Data

Redesign of physical place

W3C

2

Cognitive and Learning Disabilities

Accessibility Task Force

Jamie Knight

CSUN 2015

Steve Maslin

British Standards Institute

3

Designing for the mind

PAS1365 DSDCOrfield

BSI

US Army

4

Neuroergonomics

Responsive data load through emotionally

aware devices

Happiness

Paul Dolan

2 meanings

Happiness is well directed attention

1

Positive emotion + PurposeTime

2

Pamela Pavliscak

Positive design manifesto

Autonomy & masteryTrust & empathyCreativity & self awarenessConnection & communityMeaning in all places

Autonomy & masteryTrust & empathyCreativity & self awarenessConnection & communityMeaning in all places

Unity

Cognitive accessibilityis

Personalisation is

Design for happiness

What do you make?

Make places better for people with essential

needs

1

Make places meaningful for many

2

Make places happier for all

3

The rules are not written for this.

You can make the difference

Thank you